Nichi: Well Luna said that she didn't have the inspiration for this piece anymore so she let me take over. I'm keeping the first three chapters the same but from 4 on it will be my writing. I hope it turns out good! I will be keeping Luna's author noted in the chapters. Luna: well hopefully this will turn out as popular as Masquerade, but if not, I am having fun with this one. If anything confuses you just PM me and I'll explain it the best I can…plus they are all in about 10th grade, and people who are older in 11th…so I'll use how the look when they are older…and since this is AU there is hardly any reference to the anime, but there will be at times…so its not entirely AU…I mean, if it was it would be a bit boring, ne?
Talking
Thinking
Normal P.O.V.
Hinata stood outside her new school, looking up at the 4 buildings, all of them at least 2 stories high, one was 3.
-Flash back-
Hinata sat down on the pillow, wondering why she was called. I don't remember doing anything wrong. She fiddled with her fingers until Hiashi came into the room, sitting down on the pillow in front of her.
"The elders and I have decided to take you out of you're present school to put you into the school you're cousin Neji is in. It is much better, and you'll progress much faster than you are now. You will leave as soon as you pack your things." Hiashi stated, leaving no room for argument. He got up and went to the door, pausing to turn back to her.
"You will be living with Neji in an apartment near the school. Don't get in his way." Then he turned back around and left the room, leaving a confused Hinata to look at the door he left.
-End Flash back-
Hinata looked down, sighed, and then made her way to the place that Neji-nii-san told her to meet him. He was gone as soon as she woke up, leaving a note that told her were to go and not to wear a shred of pink or purple. So she settled for blue jeans, black sneakers and a red shirt a pure black lace fairy at the left bottom of the shirt, black trimming the collar. A black jansport bag hung on her right shoulder.
As she followed the directions on the note she noticed that she was receiving a few stares. She continued on her way until a blond stepped in her path. Her hair was in a high ponytail with bangs swept to the side.
"You must be new. Where you headed?" She asked. Hinata looked at her and noticed a color, purple. The had on a tight purple shirt that had a slivery crown on it, black pleated mini skirt with 1 inch high black sandals.
"Um my-my cousin tol-told me where he hangs ou-out. Ex-excuse me." Hinata stuttered out. "Damnit the first person I talk to and I stutter. Talk about giving a good first impression."
"Well who's your cousin? If he's in my group I would know exactly where he is. My name is Ino. Welcome to Konoha High." Ino said while throwing up her hands to indicate the whole school.
"Geeze pig you almost hit me." Said a girl behind Ino, who twirled around. The girl had short pink hair. She had on a black t-shirt with "Seriously WTF?" in white letters. Black pants and black sandals completed the outfit. A black head band showed as she looked over to Hinata to give a once over of her outfit.
"She has none of your color Ino-pig. Why are you even talking to her?" She asked and Ino instantly fumed.
"Oh I can't be nice?" She retorted.
"You're nice when you want something." The girl grabbed Hinata's wrist. "We are leaving now Ino-pig." She said and started to drag Hinata away until she caught up enough to walk by her side.
"Neji sent me to get you. My name is Sakura." Sakura told Hinata as they went into the building.
"How did you know it was me?" Hinata said, quickening her steps to match the slightly taller Sakura's stride.
"The school has only 3 clicks, and only 3. Everyone, except for teachers and people who work here are apart of these 3 groups. Ino's group is headed by Ino and always wears something purple. The other group is headed by Taka. Her group color is pink. And since you weren't wearing either color, you're in our click. We have no real leader slash main person. And if you wear any of the other two group's colors one day, with out what I'm going to give you, you will be sucked into their group before you even know it." Sakura said as they made their way up the stairs to the second floor.
"Now to make things even more confusing is within this click we have mini clicks. We all are together as one when time needed, and we settle our own problems our way. What do you usually like to do?" Sakura stopped and looked at Hinata with a smile.
"Oh! Ano…I like to sing and play the guitar, some art." Hinata listed off, fiddling with the strap on her backpack. Sakura smiled and opened the door closest to them, waving her in.
"So you finally made it Hinata-sama." Neji said. Hinata looked to him and saw him sitting on a desk in the middle of the room, other people looking over to her. He had on a simple white t-shirt with black jeans and black gym shoes. A headband that matched Sakura's was around his forehead (Actual jeans, no skinny/pencil leg jeans, just jeans, jeans that ACTUALLY fit correctly
"Ah! So this is your cousin! Tenten, weapons mistress, singing & electric guitar." Tenten, the girl next to him said. She had her hair up in 2 buns, her headband in the same place as Neji's. She wore lose fitting black pants and a tight red Chinese shirt. It seemed from what Hinata could see she wore boots, about 2 inches. She looked about Neji's age.
"Temari, fan, strictly singer." Temari, the girl by the windows, yet a part of the group sat in a desk. She had on a plain black shirt on with a red belt, then a long black skirt. Her shoes where boots, seemed to be about one inch high. Her hair was up in 4 ponytails and it seemed spiked. The headband was around her neck, but with a different symbol than the others.
"I would Kankuro and Gaara introduce themselves, but they're not here. But I can at least make one person introduce himself." Temari said, looking over to a guy who was sleeping a few desks over, and threw a mini fan at him, effectively waking him up.
"Troublesome woman, what do you want?" he said, rubbing the place where the fan hit him, then tossed it back to her.
"Introduce yourself." Temari ordered, catching the fan, and then using it to gesture to Hinata.
"Shikamaru, Shadows, I run the electronic things." He said. He had on a plain brown shirt with a light jacket, the headband stitched into one of the sleeves. His hair was in a high ponytail, his short hair making it spiked. After he was done he promptly went back to sleep.
"Kiba and Akamaru, we work together. Singer slash manager." Kiba had on black jeans and a leather jacket, headband on his forehead. A small, mostly white, dog had his head and front paws out of the jacket, and gave a friendly bark to Hinata. On Kiba's face it seemed to be fang marks, either tattoos or makeup. (The only way Akamaru can be in the story if he's small, sorrys
"Shino, bugs, keyboard." A guy in the way back of the room stated. He had on a large gray jacket with a shirt that had a collar that covered up to his eyes, which was covered by a pair or sunglasses. His head band was around his forehead.
"You'll get introduced to the others later; they usually have other things to do in the morning." Tenten said with a smile, Neji nodding in agreement, looking over at her until he shifted his gaze to the windows. "Neji-nii-san likes her, or at least a little bit!" Hinata thought, letting her backpack slide off her arm and placed it on the floor.
"Come to this class room every morning, don't talk to another group, only in emergencies." Sakura said, going into a supply closet at the back of the room and took out a box, then placed it on one of the desks. "Where would you usually wear the headband?"
"Ano…around my neck most likely…" Hinata said, going over to Sakura. Sakura fumbled through a few different headband lengths and found the right one. As soon as Sakura found the right one the bell rang. When she saw that hardly anyone was making a quick dash to the door. Taking out her schedule she looked it over for a minute.
"Where is 247?" She asked out loud.
"Just follow me and Shino. We have the same class." Kiba said with a smile, waving her over to where he was. Hinata smiled back softly and picked up her bag before heading over to where he was. Akamaru barked at her, making Hinata laugh and pet him. Then the second bell rang and that's when everybody started moving. Doing as she was told Hinata followed close to Kiba. As they walked through the school, purple and pink were mostly of what she saw.
"Ano…Kiba-kun…" Hinata said softly, fumbling with her new headband.
"Nani? And you can just call me Kiba." He said, looking over his shoulder to see her clearly. Hinata quickened her step to walk next to him.
"Are there any…couples I guess…in our group? As in the class room, not all in all." Hinata asked, forcing herself to leave the head band alone. Kiba surprised her by laughing.
"None, official, but close as hell to it. Neji and Tenten are close, Shikamaru and Temari just need the tiniest little push and they are together. Sakura could go 2 ways. Lee or Gaara, Temari's little bro. Shino…he's a bit anti-social when it comes to…everybody, but he's not gay. Now me, I have an out of school girlfriend. Naruto is obsessed with Sakura, but has no chance with her. Kankuro is single; I don't know which way he sways though." Kiba explained as they walked to the classroom and it ended the explanation right at the door.
"So you are the new Hyuuga. Did you see anybody else from your class Kiba, Shino?" said a woman with thick black hair with an odd looking dress on, her right arm in a red sleeve, other bare. She had on short boots, just coming above her ankle, with an inch heal.
"Naw, didn't see them Kurenai-sensei. Sasuke doesn't come back until next month." Kiba said, walking over to his seat in the middle of the classroom.
Hinata stood at the door, looking at over 20 desks and to think that they are empty because of one single person. Hinata stepped fully into the room, going and sitting over by Kiba.
"Alrighty then." Kurenai said and turned to the Dry erase board. "Today we'll talk about the basics of illusions."
-Time Skip-
As the bell rang, Hinata smiled with relief. "I never thought that the basics were hard." She thought as she pulled out her schedule. Room 436.
"Ah! Lemme see that!" Kiba asked and she handed it to him. He looked it over and started laughing, grabbing her hand to take her somewhere.
"Ano…what's so funny Kiba?" Hinata asked, re adjusting her backpack, letting go of his hand.
"You have Kakashi's class next. It's right next to mine. Do you mind if I write on this?" he asked, waving it and pulling out a pencil out of his pocket. Hinata nodded and he wrote on it while they walked. Giving it back to Hinata she noted some names on it.
"Just follow who I wrote down and you'll get to class on time." Kiba said and stopped in front of a classroom. As he opened the door he stood out of the way when a book almost hit him. Taking Akamaru out of his jacket and whispering to him before putting him down. The dog barked and went inside the classroom.
"What did you tell him?" Hinata asked, worried about the small dog in the classroom of flying books. Kiba grinned.
"Find Naruto and get his ass out here. And you'll hear a yelp of pain in 3, 2, 1." Kiba counted down and a yell echoed in the classroom. A minute later a boy clad in orange and black came out, holding Akamaru by the scruff of his neck.
"Kiba all you had to do was yell, I would have heard you!" His spiked blonde hair and clear blue eyes caught Hinata's attention quickly. Almost instantaneously she blushed. Fighting it down she coughed, drawing the attention of the two fighting boys.
"Oh yea. Naruto this is Hinata, cousin of Neji's. Hinata, Byakugan, Sings and Guitar. Naruto, clones and Rasengan, singer and everything that has strings." Kiba introduced Naruto, who turned his attention to her and smiled, Hinata smiled shyly back.
"Hey Hinata-chan, let me introduce you to everybody else! See you later Kiba!" Naruto grabbed her hand and waved bye to Kiba while ducking a book. As they walked in, Naruto never let go of her hand. Not that she minded at all.
"Oi! Everybody!" Naruto yelled out to the class. Hinata was surprised to see the desks set up like forts and all of them were wearing headbands. The pink and purple groups were in the back, separated, and talking away.
"This is Hinata, Neji's cousin…I can't think of anything else to say." Naruto said and scratched the back of his head. The noise level quickly started to rise and the mini war started back up. Naruto quickly went behind one row of desks, pulling Hinata behind him.
"Why is this like this? Wait that didn't make much sense." Hinata stumbled over a stack of books, as well as her words.
"Well you know our group has our own little clicks? This is the military slash front lines-ish group." Naruto explained and backed up against a desk, motioning for her to do the same. Slipping off her backpack, Hinata put it on her lap, looking over at the others on the team/fort.
"Ah so you're the new Hyuuga. Not exactly what I expected." A voice on her right drawled. Turing quickly, Hinata looked into a chest, then up to see a man with an orange book. He had on a school jacket and jeans. His mask only showed one eye, and seemingly held up his silver hair slightly, for it went all the way up to his forehead.
"Ah! Kakashi-sensei! You're late! Again!" Naruto yelled, pointing at him. Sakura seemingly materialized in the ruckus to punch the hyperactive boy. He quickly went on the floor with a large bump and a strangled cry.
"Sakura where have you been?" Kakashi looked up at her, a hint of amusement in his voice.
"Tsunade's. You should know by now that my classes over goes yours. And Naruto stop whining already, I didn't hit you that hard." Sakura rolled her eyes and shot a smile to Hinata before turning to Kakashi. "You better stand up or some windows might get broken…again."
"Some days I really hate this class." Kakashi drawled with a sigh, but stood up anyway, ceasefire was immediately initiated from both sides and the cleaning up of the room started. Hinata stood to the side, not knowing what went where. It was done in a few minutes. The only empty seat was next to Naruto, who immediately waved her over. With a slight blush she walked over and sat down. He shot her a smile and looked toward the front of the room where Kakashi was. He was telling them why he was late. Hinata could see most of the class rolling their eyes or saying it along with him.
Hinata looked past him and onto his desk and saw his cell phone in clear sight. It was the charm on it that drew her attention the most. It was a plan black thread sporting the same symbol as the one on her head band around her neck in a shiny metal.
"Ano…Naruto-kun…" Hinata whispered, and blushed when he leaned into her to hear her better.
"Nee, What is it Hinata-chan?" He asked, his voice surprising low, level to her voice, which she once thought that was impossible, seeing that he usually voiced his opinions with a very loud voice.
"Wha-What's our symbol do-doing on his cell phone ch-charm?" Hinata stuttered only slightly, but her blush got a few degrees higher.
"Ohhh. That means that he graduated. Who ever graduates from this school and from our group gets one of those." Naruto explained, waving his hand to the general classroom.
"Are they still a part of it though?"
Naruto shook his head. "Not officially, off and on yes. Sometimes they give us advice on how they handled something if it's like it. And sometimes if we really need help, they become team leaders."
Hinata nodded and the bell rang. As she past Kakashi he tossed her a text book. Without even looking at it she slipped it into her bad and took out her scheduled, and was told to follow Naruto to the classroom next to him. As she listened to his ramblings her admiration for him grew, and soon she was laughing at some of his antics as they were walking. As they approached the classroom Tenten was leaning up against the wall and stood up when she came closer and waved Hinata over.
"Kiba past me earlier and told me that you're in my class. You'll meet Lee in this class." Tenten said and opened up the door. Again an almost empty classroom greeted her.
"Another empty classroom…" Hinata mumbled and it drew a laugh from Tenten.
"Sasuke isn't here, so they don't see the point of coming." Tenten sighed and sat down, and sent a book at a guy's head. It hit him and he turned around with big watery eyes.
"TENTEN THAT WAS NOT VERY YOUTHFULL!!!" the boy yelled. He was wearing tight green pants and shirt. He also had orange leg warmers, eyebrows that looked like hairy caterpillars, with his hair in a shinny bowl cut. His head band was around his waist, a dull red, and had on a school jacket. Hinata was taken back for a second but smiled.
"Rock Lee, Taijustu, Anything and everything that I can." He said, sticking out his hand and Hinata shook it.
"DINAMIC ENTRY!!!" came a yell before Tenten grabbed Hinata and took a few steps back to the desk to see a larger version of Lee come flying through the doorway right before the bell rang. The figure promptly kicked Lee to the wall.
"If you're thinking that Gai is a bigger Lee, switch it around. Lee copied Gai." Tenten whispered.
"This class has not been the same ever since." Neji said to her right. Seems like he slipped in while Gai and Lee were flying into the wall.
"Yosh! Let us do 500 laps around the school!" Gai said and promptly jumped out the window, Lee jumping right after him. They stared at it for a second before they turned to look at each other.
"So while they are running or whatever, what do you two usually do?" Hinata asked. Neji Grunted, looking off to the side while Tenten shrugged.
"It varies from day to day" Tenten explained, looking over at Neji. Hinata saw a very light pink on her cheeks which made Hinata giggle.
Then she thought of something. "Since you both are older than me, why am I in your class?" She asked.
"Here they like to mix the grade levels, something about school unity." Tenten said, taking out a kunai to spin. Eyeing it Hinata got an idea.
"How about you teach me about different weapons and their uses? More than the basic things though, I know those." Tenten's eyes got big and immediately started the lesson.
Time skip
As the bell rang they stopped the lesson short. There was a series of bells but Tenten shook her head after the 1st and 2nd. Neji left earlier, with Tenten's eyes following him out but never stopped talking. As they packed up the little that they took out Hinata saw that it was finally lunch time.
"Now what?" Hinata asked, and Tenten smiled.
"We can do two things, and both depend on if you brought or are going to buy lunch." Tenten said, walking out of the classroom, Hinata following behind, they both got into the stream of people.
"I brought it." Hinata said, hitting her backpack.
"Ok so we go straight to where we hand out for lunch." Tenten said and quickly redirected her steps. Hinata followed silently and they stopped at a set of double doors, a large sign on the door said 'Roof access' Tenten gave a series of nocks that was responded to, Tenten knocked again. The door opened and Tenten quickly stepped inside, pulling Hinata with her. It seemed all the people she met were there already.
"Well since we are all here I guess Sakura can spill her news." Temari said, gesturing to a happy bouncing Sakura.
"Butterfly is going back to the states, so they are throwing a goodbye party slash audition!" Sakura squealed out.
"Well we all have our Masks, but I guess you just want to go to the party part." Tenten said. Hinata just looked around, wayyy confused about what they were saying. Who would name their kid Butterfly? Masks?
"Eeeehhhh??!?!?" Nobody has told Hinata-chan about Club animal?" Naruto yelled as he saw her state of confusion. Shikamaru sighed and Hinata heard a faint "Baka" from him.
Luna: Well I'm going to end it there, about 6 ½ pages. Hope you all like it so far!!
And I have a poll and a questionnaire for you all. It's about Sakura, cuz I'm currently stumped.
Question: What Animal do you see Sakura as?
Poll: Lee or Gaara
You all will decide where I sway her, and there is no Sasuke&Sakura at all in this story…most likely Sasuke bashing though, but right now, if your following the manga, you cant wait to see if Itatchi kicks in his head.
But yea….who dose Sakura chose and what animal is she to you?